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Petty Officer 2nd Class Jack Aistrup · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · Modified
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Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transportlarger figure on 2 of 3
Type 054A frigatelarger figure on 1 of 3
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Length
Single sourceManufacturer specifications — length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport | Type 054A frigate |
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| Power | — | CODAD , 4 × SEMT Pielstick 16 PA 6V 280 STC diesels, 20.7 MW (28,200 hp) total, 2 shafts[source] |
| Builders | Austal USA[source] | Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard Huangpu Shipyard[source] |
| Operators | United States Navy[source] | People's Liberation Army Navy China Coast Guard Pakistan Navy[source] |
| Cost | $214m/unit (initial) $180m/unit (production)[source] | US$348 million (est. 2015) |
Length
Single source134 m (440 ft)[source]
At 35 knots with 544 metric ton payload
Manufacturer claimRange
Single source1,200 nmi (1,400 mi; 2,200 km)[source]
1,200 nautical miles at 35 knots with 544 metric ton payload[source]At 35 knots with 544 metric ton payload
estimated at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Single source3,800 nautical miles (4,400 mi; 7,000 km) estimated at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Built | 2010–present[source] | 2005–present[source] |
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| Planned | 19[source] | 50[source] |
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| Building | — |
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| Completed | 15[source] | — |
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| Active | 10[source] | 46[source] |
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| Type | Expeditionary Fast Transport[source] | Frigate[source] |
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| Tonnage | 1,515 tonnes[source] | — |
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| Propulsion | Four MTU 20V8000 M71L diesel engines Four ZF 60000NR2H reduction gears[source] 4x MTU 20V8000 diesel engine[source]Manufacturer specifications — installed propulsion | — |
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| Boats & landing craft carried | Can deploy various rigid hull inflatable boats[source] | — |
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| Capacity | 600 short tons[source] | — |
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| Troops | 312[source] | — |
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| Armament | 4x mounts for M2 .50 caliber machine guns (2 aft, 2 forward)[source] | 1 × 32-cell H/AKJ-16 VLS HHQ-16 SAM Yu-8 anti-submarine missile 2 × 4 YJ-83 anti-ship missiles 1 × H/PJ-26 76 mm naval gun (Type 054A and Type 054A+) or 1 x H/PJ-87 100 mm naval gun (Type 054AG) 2 × 30 mm Type 730 7-barrel gun-based CIWS or Type 1130 11-barrel gun-based CIWS 2 × 3 324 mm Yu-7 torpedo launchers 2 × 6 Type 87 240mm anti-submarine rocket launcher[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | Landing pad for a helicopter , up to CH-53 Super Stallion / CH-53K King Stallion , parking and storage area for MH-60 Seahawk[source] | Type 054A: Harbin Z-9 C or Kamov Ka-28 'Helix' Type 054AG: Harbin Z-20 family helicopter including Z-20F anti-submarine version and the Z-20J naval utility version[source] |
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| Country of origin | United States[source] United States[source] | People's Republic of China[source] People's Republic of China[source] |
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| Preceded by | — | Type 054 frigate[source] |
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| Succeeded by | — | Type 054B frigate[source] |
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| Subclasses | — | Tughril class (Pakistan) Type 818 Cutter (China Coast Guard)[source] |
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| In commission | — | 2008–present[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | — | Type 382 Radar Type 344 Radar (Mineral-ME Band Stand ) target acquisition and SSM fire control radar 4 × MR-90 Front Dome SAM fire control radars MR-36A surface search radar, I-band Type 347G 76 mm gun fire control radar 2 × Racal RM-1290 navigation radars, I-band MGK-335 medium frequency active/passive sonar system H/SJG-206 towed array sonar ZKJ-4B/6 (developed from Thomson-CSF TAVITAC) combat data system HN-900 Data link (Chinese equivalent of Link 11 A/B, to be upgraded) SNTI-240 SATCOM AKD5000S Ku band SATCOM[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | — | 2 × Type 726-4 18-tube decoy rocket launchers Type 922-1 radar warning receiver HZ-100 ECM & ELINT system Kashtan-3 missile jamming system[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | — | hangar[source] |
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